I was rather fond of my gloomy, dark Belfry blog. It appealed to my Adams Family upbringing - my inner "Wednesday." But recently, my friend, mentor, chief-butt-kicker, Jessica, sent me an email: "...I think you could take your bats to a brighter place. You are not a dark person - just a...

Speaking of classes... I just started another one with Jessica Wesolek. I've mentioned her before in a post about an iPad Art Studio workshop - and she also is the creator of Sheer Heaven. This new class is an Inktense intensive... "Inktense - From Soup to Nuts." It just started this...

Last Friday was my second official "Open Studio Friday" at The BeeHive. I was so happy to have people actually return! I take that as a sign of encouragement. I spent the entire week cleaning out the classroom and moving around furniture. I am AMAZED that I was able to make things fit...

Perhaps "addictive" is less intimidating a word? Now that I have internet back again, I need to catch up the blog posts... First - I had a wonderful visit from Carolyn Boatman and her husband, Ian. Carolyn, who lives in Bermuda, was "infected" with Zentangle by her daughter, who lives in...

Awhile back I mentioned that I had created a sand mandala as a way for our church members to celebrate our interim pastor. The Reverend Donoghue had mentioned sand mandalas a few times as examples of how joy can be found in the process rather than in the finished work. He explained how monks would...

Quarry Books has asked if I'd like to review some of their new books here on my blog. I don't get paid, so I can be as honest as I like. ;-) But I do get a free copy of each book... and these are books that I would have bought...